HomeMy WebLinkAbout16031 ORD - 02/11/1981' AN ORDINANCE
AUTHORIZING THE CITY• MANAGER TO EXECUTE A RELEASE TO
THE RIGHT OF REVERSION AS CONTAINED IN SPECIAL WARRANTY
DEED DATED OCTOBER 23, 1952, AND AMENDED ON OCTOBER 22,
1954, RELATING TO THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE MAYFLOWER HOTEL
ACROSS A PREVIOUSLY CLOSED DEDICATED ALLEY ALONGSIDE LOTS
1 THROUGH 4 AND 9 THROUGH 12, BLOCK 72, BEACH PORTION OF
THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, NUECES COUNTY, TEXAS, ALL AS
MORE FULLY SET FORTH IN THE RELEASE, A SUBSTANTIAL COPY OF
WHICH IS ATTACHED HERETO AND MADE A PART HEREOF, MARKED
EXHIBIT "A"; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI,
TEXAS:
SECTION 1. That the City Manager be authorized to execute a Release
to the right reversion as contained in Special Warranty Deed dated October 23,
1952, and amended on -October 22, 1954, relating to the construction of the
Mayflower Hotel across a previously closed dedicated alley alongside Lots .1
through 4 and 9 through 12, Block 72, Beach Portion of the City of Corpus
Christi, Nueces County, Texas, all as more fully set forth in the Release, a
substantial copy of which is attached hereto and made a part hereof, marked
Exhibit "A".
SECTION 2. The necessity to execute the aforesaid Release at the
earliest practicable date creates a public emergency and an imperative public
necessity requiring the suspension of the Charter rule that no ordinance or
resolution shall be passed finally on the date of its introduction but that
such ordinance or resolution shall be read at three several meetings of the
City Council, and the Mayor, having declared that such emergency and necessity
exist, having requested the suspension of the Charter rule and that this ordi-
nance take effect and be in full force and effect from and after its passage,
IT IS ACCORDINGLY SO ORDAINED, this the // day of February, 1981.
ATTEST:
Ci Secr-tary
AP ROVED:
S DAY OF FEBRUARY, 1981:
J. BRUCE AYCOCK, CITY ATTORNEY
orney
TH CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
RELEASE
STATE OF TEXAS §
COUNTY OF NUECES §
This Release is made this day of
1981 by the City of Corpus Christi, Texas, a municipal
corporation, organized and existing under and by virtue of
the laws of the State of Texas, of Nueces County, Texas,
acting herein by and through its duly authorized City Manager
(hereinafter the "City").
WHEREAS, by a Special Warranty Deed dated October 23,
1952 and recorded in Volume 570, Page 526 of the Deed Records
of Nueces County, Texas, the City conveyed to B. C. & W.
Company, Incorporated, a Texas corporation, (hereinafter
"Grantee") the real property located in Nueces County, Texas
and more particularly described on Exhibit "A" attached
hereto (hereinafter the "Property"); and
WHEREAS, said Warranty Deed provided that the Property
would revert to the City if the Grantee failed to construct
a hotel upon the real property located in Nueces County,
Texas and more particularly described on Exhibit "B" attached
hereto; and
WHEREAS, by a document dated September 22, 1954 and
recorded in Volume 659, Page 113 of the Deed Records of
Nueces County, Texas, the City and the Grantee agreed that
the time limit for the construction of said hotel would be
extended until October 22, 1955; and
WHEREAS, the construction of said hotel was in fact•
completed prior to October 22, 1955;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises, the
City does hereby release and discharge its right of reversion
with respect to the Property.
£Xi'. A''
WITNESS OUR IHANDS this day of
1981.
CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
By:
ATTEST:
By:
City Secretary
APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM:
By:
City Attorney
STATE OF TEXAS §
COUNTY OF NUECES §
, City Manager
BEFORE ME, the undersigned authority, on this day
personally appeared , City Manager
of the City of Corpus Christi, Texas, a municipal corporation,
known to me to be the person and officer whose name_is
subscribed to the foregoing instrument and acknowledged to
me that he executed the same as the act and deed of said
City for the purposes and consideration therein expressed
and in the capacity therein stated. -
GIVEN UNDER MY HAND AND SEAL OF OFFICE this day
of , 1981.
My Commission Expires:
Notary Public in and for
Nueces County, Texas
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EXHIBIT "A"
That strip of land twenty (20) feet wide extending
from the north line of Resaca Street north 200 feet lying
between Lots 1, 2, 3, and 4, and Lots 9, 10, 11, and 12,
of Block 72, BEACH PORTION of the City of Corpus Christi,
Texas, shown as an alleyway on a plat or map or record
in Volume 9, Pages 38-41, of the Map Records of Nueces
County, Texas.
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Lots One through Four, and Lots Nine through Twelve,
Block 72, Beach Portion of the City of Corpus Christi, Texas,
as shown on a plat or map or record in Volume 9, Pages 38-41,
of the Map Records of Nueces County, Texas.
Corpus Christi, Texas
// day of
TO THE MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL
Corpus Christi, Texas
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For the reasons set forth in the emergency clause of the foregoing ordinance, a
public emergency and imperative necessity exist for the suspension of the Charter
rule or requirement that no ordinance or resolution shall be passed finally on
the date it is introduced, and that such ordinance or resolution shall be read
at three meetings of the City Council; I, therefore, request that you suspend
said Charter rule or requirement and pass this ordinance finally,on the date it
is introduced, or at the present meeting of the City Council.
Respectfully,
MAY
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E CITY iF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
The Charter rule was suspend:d by the following vote:
Luther Jones
Edward L. Sample
Dr. Jack Best
Jack K. Dumphy
Leopoldo Luna
Betty N. Turner
Cliff Zarsky
The above ordinance was passed
Luther Jones
Edward L. Sample
Dr. Jack Best
Jack K. Dumphy
Leopoldo Luna
Betty N. Turner
Cliff Zarsky
by the
following vote:
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